Standards for principals of vocational training schools or colleges in Vietnam

Standards for principals of vocational training schools or colleges in Vietnam (Internet image)

Regarding this issue, LawNet would like to answer as follows:

1. Who is the principal of vocational training schools or colleges?

The Principal of vocational training schools or colleges is the leader of the vocational training schools or the colleges, the representative who takes legal responsibility and manages the operation of the school. Tenure of the Principal is 05 years. The Principal shall be appointed and appointed again at the end of the tenure and not exceeding two consecutive tenures.

The Principal of a public vocational training school or college shall be the owner of the school’s account, take legal responsibility for the management of finance and assets of the school.

(Clause 1, Article 14 of Law on Vocational Education 2014)

2. Standards for principals of vocational training schools or colleges in Vietnam

According to Clause 2, Article 14 of the Law on Vocational Education 2014, the Principal of the vocational training school or college must:

- Have moral virtue, have at least 5-year experience of teaching or management of vocational education;

- Have at least a Bachelor’s degree regarding the Principal of the vocational training school; have at least a Master’s degree regarding the Principal of the college;

- Have completed refresher courses in vocational education management;

- Attain fitness; ensure the age to participate in at least one tenure of the Principal regarding the appointment of the Principal of the public vocational training schools or colleges.

3. Duties and powers of principal of the vocational training school or college in Vietnam

The Principal of the vocational training school or college must:

- Issue the regulations of the vocational training schools or colleges according to the Resolutions of the School council or the Board of Directors;

- Implement Resolutions of the School council or the Board of Directors;

- Decide the establishment, acquisition, division, or dissolution of the organizations of the school according to the Resolutions of the School council or the Board of Directors; the appointment, discharge or dismissal of the leader or vice leader positions in organizations of the school.

- Formulate the planning and develop teaching staff, administrative officials; decide the structure, number of employees and efficiency wages; employ officials and workers according to the demand of the vocational education center; conclude employment contract, labor contract, manage and use officials, workers and terminate the contract as prescribed;

- Provide training activities, international cooperation, assess vocational education quality and cooperate with enterprises in the organization of vocational training;

- Manage the facilities, assets, and finance and use mobilized resource effectively to serve the operation of the vocational education centers as prescribed;

- Report and subject to the inspection or observation as prescribed;

- Formulate and implement the democratic in the institution; subject to the observation of the individuals, organizations or unions in the school;

- Send a report on result of performance of the Principal and the School managing board to the School council or the Board of Directors every year;

- Other tasks and entitlement as prescribed.

(Clause 3, Article 14 of Law on Vocational Education 2014)

4. Competence in appointment, recognition, discharge or dismissal of the Director of the vocational education schools or colleges in Vietnam

Specifically, in Clause 4, Article 14 of the Law on Vocational Education 2014, competence in appointment, recognition, discharge or dismissal of the Director of the vocational education schools or colleges is as follows:

- Ministers, Heads of ministerial-level agencies, Heads of Governmental agencies, Presidents of People’s Committees of provinces, leaders of socio-political organizations may appoint, discharge or dismiss the Principal of the public affiliated vocational training schools or colleges;

- The President of the People’s Committee of the province may recognize or not recognize the Principals of the private vocational training schools in the administrative divisions at the request of the Board of Directors;

- The Heads of vocational education authorities in the central government may recognize or not recognize the Principals of private colleges at the request of the Board of Directors.

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